George House is a Grade II listed building in the Derbyshire Dales local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1973. A Early C19, early C18 House. 4 related planning applications.
George House
- WRENN ID
- outer-belfry-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Derbyshire Dales
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- George House, 8 Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, DE4 4FB
- OS grid reference
- SK 287 540
- Coordinates
- 53.08264, -1.57177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
George House is an early 19th-century building, with the left-hand side likely dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of stucco and stands three storeys tall. The third storey features one blocked window and a small sash window. The entrance has a plain wooden doorcase. To the left, there is a stone rubble wing that includes one sash window, with additional sash windows above and below, all framed in painted stone surrounds. The facade that faces Blind Lane has two sash windows with later shutters, and on the ground floor, there is a three-light canted bay with a pentice roof and a plain modern doorcase. The building has moulded plaster eaves and is topped with tiles.
Local climate
George House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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